Desert locust swarms are ravaging crops, trees, and pastureland, destroying food and vegetation and jeopardizing food security across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia. The World Bank is ...

New research is reshaping our understanding of one of nature’s most stunning yet destructive phenomena —  massive swarms of desert locusts.

Southern Libya is facing a severe agricultural crisis due to a surge in desert locust swarms, posing a significant threat to ...

Desert locusts, a notorious Biblical pest, form some of the largest insect groups in nature and are estimated to threaten the livelihood of one in ten people due to their impact on food security.

The worst desert locust outbreak in a generation has been decimating crops and other vegetation across the Horn of Africa. Since January, Kenya Ethiopia, and Somalia have been battling to contain the ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and ...

Desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria ... that an increase in serotonin concentration in a specific region of the locust's nervous system underlies the behavioral changes that lead to swarming.